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What is the value of integer N if 2,3,5 are the only prime factors of Updated on: 22 Nov 2016, 03:19
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What is the value of integer N if 2,3,5 are the only prime factors of N

A) 30
B) 60
C) 90
D) 120
E) cannot be determined
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What is the value of integer N if 2,3,5 are the only prime factors of 22 Nov 2016, 03:35
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What is the value of integer N if 2,3,5 are the only prime factors of N

A) 30
B) 60
C) 90
D) 120
E) cannot be determined
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\(N=2^x 3^y 5^z\). Since we cant know the values of x, y, z, the value of N can't be determined. Choice E.
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What is the value of integer N if 2,3,5 are the only prime factors of 22 Nov 2016, 08:48
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What is the value of integer N if 2,3,5 are the only prime factors of N

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Greatest value of N will depend on the exponents of its factor...

Since, we do not know the exponents, answer will be (E) cannot be determined..
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What is the value of integer N if 2,3,5 are the only prime factors of 07 Jan 2017, 17:31
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There exist infinite numbers with the same set of primes.
Hence if are only given the prime factors of any integer and no other information is provided => We can never calculate the number.
E.g=> 2*3*5
2*3*5^100
2^100*3*5
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Hence E.
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I do believe that such kind of questions should specify that power values of prime factors are unknown,as someone could think that it is ebqual to 1 by default.
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What is the value of integer N if 2,3,5 are the only prime factors of 08 Jan 2017, 04:07
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I do believe that such kind of questions should specify that power values of prime factors are unknown,as someone could think that it is ebqual to 1 by default.
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No.
Not at all.
The question need not specify anything.
Lets take an example ->
If 2,3,5 are the prime factors of n what is the value of n?

Here we cannot get n.
As there exist ∞ numbers with the same set of primes.


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What is the value of integer N if 2,3,5 are the only prime factors of 08 Jan 2017, 05:40
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I do believe that such kind of questions should specify that power values of prime factors are unknown,as someone could think that it is ebqual to 1 by default.
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The presence of the option (E) None of the above is a clear indication that one needs to check all the possibilities carefully before marking an answer...

stonecold is correct " The question need not specify anything. " and expect us to find the correct answer ...

Hence, correct answer will always be (E)
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thanks stonecold for a beautifully crafted intricated question......... kudos to you..... thanks it help to strengthen your fundamentals .. thannks again
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